2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina

The 2018 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina was the tenth edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina (also referred to as the Copa Libertadores Femenina), South America's premier women's club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in Manaus, Brazil from 18 November to 2 December 2018.^[1]

2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina

Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Feminina Brasil 2018
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
City	Manaus
Dates	18 November – 2 December 2018
Teams	12 (from 10 associations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Atlético Huila (1st title)
Runners-up	Santos
Third place	Iranduba
Fourth place	Colo-Colo
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	69 (3.14 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Brena (4 goals)
← 2017 2019 →

Originally planned from 4 to 18 November the tournament was pushed back two weeks because of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off which clashed with the timeframe.^[1]

Atlético Huila defeated Santos in the final on penalties to win their first tournament title.^[2] Iranduba defeated Colo-Colo to finish third.

Audax were the defending champions, having won the title the previous year as a joint team with Corinthians. They were eliminated in the group stage.

Host selection

There were eventually three bids for the 2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina: Manaus, Santa Cruz de la Sierra and São Paulo proposed by Iranduba, Deportivo ITA and Corinthians, respectively.^[3] On 11 June 2018, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be held in Manaus and Iranduba gained the host association additional berth.^[4][5]

Teams

The competition was contested by 12 teams: the champions of all ten CONMEBOL associations were given one entry, additionally the title holders re-entered and the host association qualified one more team.^[6]

Association	Team	Qualifying method	Participation	Previous best result
Argentina	UAI Urquiza	2017–18 Campeonato Argentino champions[7]	3rd	Third place (2015)
Bolivia	Deportivo ITA	2018 Campeonato Boliviano champions[8]	2nd	Group stage (2017)
Brazil (hosts)	Audax	2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions[note 1]	2nd	Champions (2017)
	Santos	2017 Campeonato Brasileiro champions[10][11]	4th	Champions (2009, 2010)
	Iranduba	Host association additional entry[5]	1st	—
Chile	Colo-Colo	2017 Apertura and Clausura champions[12]	8th	Champions (2012)
Colombia	Atlético Huila	2018 Liga Femenina Profesional champions[13]	1st	—
Ecuador	Unión Española	2017–18 Campeonato Ecuatoriano champions[14]	3rd	Group stage (2016, 2017)
Paraguay	Cerro Porteño	2017 Campeonato Paraguayo champions[15]	5th	Third place (2014)
Peru	JC Sport Girls	2017 Campeonato Peruano champions[16]	4th	Group stage (2011, 2012, 2013)
Uruguay	Peñarol	2017 Campeonato Uruguayo champions[17]	1st	—
Venezuela	Flor de Patria	2018 Torneo Apertura champions[18]	1st	—

Notes

1. The partnership between Audax and Corinthians ended on 31 December 2017. Corinthians created their own team for the 2018 season.^[9]

Venues

Initially two stadiums (Estádio Ismael Benigno and Arena da Amazônia) would host the tournament. On 14 November 2018, CONMEBOL announced that the Estádio Ismael Benigno would no longer host matches, and matches originally to be played there would be moved to Arena da Amazônia.^[19] During the tournament, CONMEBOL decided to move the matches scheduled on 25 and 26 November at Estádio Roberto Simonsen to protect the football field of Arena da Amazônia.^[20]

Matches were played in Manaus. The stadiums were:

• Arena da Amazônia (capacity: 44,300)
• Estádio Roberto Simonsen (capacity: 4,000)

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 7 November 2018 (originally scheduled on 3 November), 19:00 AMT (UTC−4), at the Arena da Amazônia in Manaus.^[21][22][23] The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four containing a team from each of the four pots. The defending champions Audax were automatically seeded into Pot 1 and allocated to position A1 in the group stage. For the remaining two teams from hosts Brazil, the first representative was seeded into Pot 2 and the second representative was seeded into Pot 4. The remaining teams were seeded based on the results of their association in the 2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Audax (Position A1) Colo-Colo UAI Urquiza	Cerro Porteño Unión Española Santos	Atlético Huila Flor de Patria JC Sport Girls	Peñarol Deportivo ITA Iranduba

Group stage

In the group stage, the teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order (Regulations Article 20):^[6]

1. Goal difference;
2. Goals scored;
3. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
4. Number of red cards;
5. Number of yellow cards;
6. Drawing of lots.

The winners of each group and the best runners-up among all groups advanced to the semi-finals.

All times are local, AMT (UTC−4).^[24]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlético Huila	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6	Semi-finals
2	Audax (H)	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	6
3	Unión Española	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
4	Peñarol	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3

Source: CBF
(H) Hosts

Audax	0–1	Unión Española
	Report	Charcopa 76'

19 November 2018 (2018-11-19)

18:00

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Referee: Dione Rissios (Chile)

Atlético Huila	3–0	Peñarol
Cometti 5' Stábile 69' Vallejos 84'	Report

19 November 2018 (2018-11-19)

20:30

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Referee: Yercinia Correa (Venezuela)

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Audax	1–0	Atlético Huila
Camila 2'	Report

22 November 2018 (2018-11-22)

18:00

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)

Unión Española	0–2	Peñarol
	Report	Graña 29' Casal 90+2'

22 November 2018 (2018-11-22)

20:30

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Referee: Regildênia de Holanda Moura (Brazil)

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Peñarol	0–4	Audax
	Report	Kerolin 37' Renata 38' Victória 45+3' Maressa 84' (pen.)

25 November 2018 (2018-11-25)

18:00

Estádio Roberto Simonsen, Manaus

Referee: Estela Álvarez (Argentina)

Unión Española	1–3	Atlético Huila
Rodríguez 61'	Report	Stábile 53' Rincón 77' Viso 90+2'

25 November 2018 (2018-11-25)

20:30

Estádio Roberto Simonsen, Manaus

Referee: Adriana Farfán (Bolivia)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Santos (H)	3	3	0	0	13	1	+12	9	Semi-finals
2	Colo-Colo	3	2	0	1	10	6	+4	6
3	JC Sport Girls	3	1	0	2	3	10	−7	3
4	Deportivo ITA	3	0	0	3	4	13	−9	0

Source: CBF
(H) Hosts

Colo-Colo	1–4	Santos
Huenteo 54'	Report	Maria Alves 16' Alanna 45+2' Sandrinha 47' Brena 90+1'

20 November 2018 (2018-11-20)

18:00

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Referee: Estela Álvarez (Argentina)

JC Sport Girls	3–2	Deportivo ITA
Arévalo 26' Coronel 66' Dorador 79'	Report	Zamorano 17', 41'

20 November 2018 (2018-11-20)

20:30

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Referee: Silvia Ríos (Uruguay)

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Colo-Colo	5–0	JC Sport Girls
Torres 23', 55' Balmaceda 25' Rangel 33' Huenteo 44'	Report

23 November 2018 (2018-11-23)

18:00

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Referee: Yeimy Martínez (Colombia)

Santos	6–0	Deportivo ITA
Juliete 16' Alanna 23' Maria Alves 45+1' Brena 70', 71' Camila 86'	Report

23 November 2018 (2018-11-23)

20:30

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Referee: Susana Corella (Ecuador)

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Deportivo ITA	2–4	Colo-Colo
Parra 17', 79'	Report	Quezada 6' Pino 40' Torres 60' Ascanio 83'

26 November 2018 (2018-11-26)

18:00

Estádio Roberto Simonsen, Manaus

Referee: Yercinia Correa (Venezuela)

Santos	3–0	JC Sport Girls
Tayla 8' Alanna 53' Dani Silva 83' (pen.)	Report

26 November 2018 (2018-11-26)

20:30

Estádio Roberto Simonsen, Manaus

Referee: Jenny Arias (Colombia)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iranduba (H)	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5	Semi-finals
2	UAI Urquiza	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Flor de Patria	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1	3
4	Cerro Porteño	3	0	2	1	3	6	−3	2

Source: CBF
(H) Hosts

UAI Urquiza	1–1	Cerro Porteño
Potassa 60'	Report	Vega 89'

18 November 2018 (2018-11-18)

18:00

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)

Flor de Patria	1–2	Iranduba
Guarecuco 76'	Report	Andressinha 42' Ludmila 52'

18 November 2018 (2018-11-18)

20:30

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Referee: Susana Corella (Ecuador)

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UAI Urquiza	1–0	Flor de Patria
Larroquette 9'	Report

21 November 2018 (2018-11-21)

18:00

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Referee: Adriana Farfán (Bolivia)

Cerro Porteño	2–2	Iranduba
Ojeda 9' Peralta 30'	Report	Raquel 32' Andressinha 68'

21 November 2018 (2018-11-21)

20:30

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Referee: Elizabeth Tintaya (Peru)

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Iranduba	1–1	UAI Urquiza
Raquel 90+11' (pen.)	Report	Larroquette 48' (pen.)

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24)

18:00

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Referee: Silvia Ríos (Uruguay)

Cerro Porteño	0–3	Flor de Patria
	Report	Lárez 1' Guarecuco 24' Pe. Cabrera 87'

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24)

20:30

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Referee: Dione Rissios (Chile)

Ranking of group runners-up

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B	Colo-Colo	3	2	0	1	10	6	+4	6	Semi-finals
2	A	Audax (H)	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	6
3	C	UAI Urquiza	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5

Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 21).^[6]
(H) Hosts

Knockout stage

The semi-final matchups were:

• Group A winner vs. Group C winner
• Group B winner vs. Best runner-up

The semi-final winners and losers played in the final and third place match respectively. If tied after full time, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 23).^[6]

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	29 November – Arena da Amazônia
	Santos	3
					2 December – Arena da Amazônia
	Colo-Colo	0
					Santos	1 (3)
	29 November – Arena da Amazônia
					Atlético Huila (p)	1 (5)
	Iranduba	1 (1)
	Atlético Huila (p)	1 (3)
					Third place
					2 December – Arena da Amazônia
					Iranduba (p)	1 (2)
					Colo-Colo	1 (0)

Semi-finals

Iranduba	1–1	Atlético Huila
Mayara 26'	Report	Martelli 82'
Penalties
Andressinha Camilinha Monalisa Kélen	1–3	Rodallega Stábile Vallejos

29 November 2018 (2018-11-29)

18:00

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Referee: Estela Álvarez (Argentina)

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Santos	3–0	Colo-Colo
Chú 65', 67' Sandrinha 85'	Report

29 November 2018 (2018-11-29)

20:30

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Referee: Elizabeth Tintaya (Peru)

Third place match

Iranduba	1–1	Colo-Colo
Djeni 44'	Report	Rangel 62'
Penalties
Camilinha Cris Ludmila	2–0	Rangel Jiménez Quezada Torres

2 December 2018 (2018-12-2)

16:30

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Referee: Yercinia Correa (Venezuela)

Final

Santos	1–1	Atlético Huila
Brena 2'	Report	Santos 47'
Penalties
Maurine Camila Juliete Angelina	3–5	Rodallega Stábile Vallejos Cometti Rincón

2 December 2018 (2018-12-2)

19:30

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)

Santos

Atlético Huila

GK 12 Nicole DF 4 Maurine DF 2 Carol Arruda (c) DF 6 Camila DF 3 Juliete MF 5 Brena  68' MF 8 Sandrinha MF 17 Angelina FW 10 Alanna FW 11 Ketlen  58' FW 20 Maria Alves Substitutes: GK 1 Michelle DF 14 Tayla DF 15 Dani Silva MF 13 Giovana MF 16 Monique Peçanha MF 18 Erikinha MF 19 Patrícia Sochor FW 7 Chú  68' FW 9 Rosana  90+2'  58' Manager: Emily Lima

GK 18 Daniela Solera DF 5 Carmen Rodallega DF 13 Gavy Santos (c) DF 20 Aldana Cometti  43' DF 15 Daniela Caracas MF 16 Jennifer Peñaloza  46' MF 19 Fabiana Vallejos MF 8 Liana Salazar  88' MF 14 Darnelly Quintero  46' FW 10 Yoreli Rincón FW 9 Ysaura Viso Substitutes: GK 1 Maritza López DF 3 Eliana Stábile  46' DF 4 Alexandra Canaguacán DF 6 Levis Ramos MF 2 Nancy Madrid FW 11 Nelly Córdoba  46' FW 12 Lucía Martelli     Manager: Albeiro Erazo

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Brena	Santos	4
2	Alanna	Santos	3
	Karla Torres	Colo-Colo
4	Andressinha	Iranduba	2
	Chú	Santos
	Joemar Guarecuco	Flor de Patria
	Yessenia Huenteo	Colo-Colo
	Mariana Larroquette	UAI Urquiza
	Maria Alves	Santos
	Jyoeldry Parra	Deportivo ITA
	Raquel	Iranduba
	Nubiluz Rangel	Colo-Colo
	Sandrinha	Santos
	Eliana Stábile	Atlético Huila
	Maitté Zamorano	Deportivo ITA